Cspan radio app. Joining us from the d. C. Bureau of abc news is Jonathan Karl chief white housewh correspondent for abc news. His new book, truck front row at the trump show last year he served as the president of the White House Correspondents Association thank you for coming back to cspan we appreciate it. It want to begin what you wrote with the Washington Post for this last weekend you wrote the following, as a reporter and president of the White House Correspondents Association ive often advocated a return of regular briefings by the White House Press secretary which lasted early 18 america over the years can be debated by think the white house spokesperson has an obligation to regularly answer questions aboutha the policies and pronounces of the executive branch for the whiteus House Press Secretary differs fundamentally from that of a spokesperson for a candidate or Political Party the White House Press secretary serves at the pleasure of the president but also a Public Servant
Employees. Bank of america and Morgan Stanley among big banks reporting. Dow component Johnson Johnson right here. Futures in the red. We are standing by for retail sales and jobless claims this morning at 8 30 a. M. Eastern. Stocks edging higher, Investor Sentiment over covid19 vaccine pushing markets into the green. The dow industrials up 227 points, nasdaq up 62 and s p up 29. The state of travel today airlines in the midst of a sharp downturn as pandemic fears keep travelers grounded at 7 30 a. M. Eastern ill be joined by ceo of delta edward bastian. Plus this, drink up, how moderate Alcohol Consumption can protect against cognitive decline. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria european markets on the decline. Standing by for the ecb decision for the next hour, rates are expected to stay unchanged. Ftse 100 is down 36 points, new data this morning from the uk shows half a million workers were furloughed in the month of may. Thats in response to the pandemic shutdown. This m
About it. I said what is this about, just a continuation of the witchhunt, did not work out for congress, or meumern mueller. They are sending them to all over i country i guess maybe. It is a terrible thing. Witch hunt has gone on long enough. Could you assure the American People that politics will not interfere with science. Absolutely. Tell me how the vaccine, if there is one, will be different distributed. Wement t want to make people better, get it to mayor areas mt needed. What did you mean by that . Considers she of course describing facts of case of the pandemic. Were doing well, i think that we have done as well as any nation. If you reallyy look. At what is going on with the flareups and nations. Were bigger other than india and china, china is having a massive flareup right now, india has a tremendous problem. Other countries have problems. Emi notice in the news, in eveng news, i never read about it, i dont read about other countries. You are starting to see other countries
Good afternoon. It is great to be in Central Florida. The reason we are here today is because so many floridians have asked what else can i do to be helpful in the fight against covid19 . Obviously, folks have been faceently wearing coverings, looking out for senior citizens, and we want you to continue to do that, but there is another way that you can help, and that is for those who have been infected with covid19 and developed antibodies for the disease, to donate your blood. One blood here is really leading the charge on this. When we started this in march, there was not a lot of information about how to treat somebody that was infected with covid19 and required hospitalization, and there has been a lot of Different Things along the way that have been done. There have been a lot of great inroads that have been made. One of the treatments that many physicians around the state believe is very effective is the use of convalescent plasma, so this is blood that is donated from somebody w
Programs by reciting together the National Constitution centers Inspiring Mission so we can prepare ourselves for the learning ahead, so here we go. Recite virtually after me. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the u. S. Constitution among the American People on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. That is a wonderful recitation, and before we begin, i want to provide a quick plug for our next town hall on august 4. Please join us for the 2020 annual Supreme Court review in partnership with the antidefamation league, and it will feature the distinguished. Egal scholars it will be a wonderful discussion of the most important cases of the term. I must tell you with great 26th,re that on august circumstances permitting, the National Constitution center will open our new exhibit, how vote, about the 19th amendment. It is very relevant to todays topic. It is an exhibit about the history of the expan